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Shasta County board ratifies sheriff's local emergency declaration after December storms
Summary
The Shasta County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 29 ratified Sheriff Johnson's Dec. 22 proclamation of a local emergency after heavy rainfall and flooding across the county; the board voted by voice to adopt a resolution and county staff will compile damage assessments before requesting state or federal funds.
The Shasta County Board of Supervisors voted Dec. 29 to ratify a local emergency proclamation issued Dec. 22 by Sheriff Johnson after a series of December storm events that caused widespread flooding and infrastructure damage.
Sheriff Johnson told the board the county recorded significant short-term rainfall totals across the area, including 4.56 inches at Redding Airport, 8.92 inches at Buenaventura Fire Station, about 7.34 inches at Lake Redding, 6.27 inches at Twin View, 13.52 inches at Whiskeytown Headquarters and roughly 12.2 inches at Whiskeytown Lake. "On December 22 at 01:13:31 I declared a local emergency based on the flooding and damages we were suffering," he said, adding that a comprehensive damage report is still being compiled.
The sheriff outlined early public-works impacts, saying two permanent road sections were damaged, several culverts collapsed,…
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